BINTULU: A female student at a local university here lost RM4,530 after she got duped by a Love Scam syndicate.
Bintulu police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the 22-year-old victim was browsing through Instagram on Jan 24.
She accepted a follow request from someone from the United Kingdom who expressed a desire to get acquainted with the victim.
“When she refused a gift from the suspect, the latter then offered to send cash amounting to 30,000 USD to her,” said Zulkipli.
The victim then was contacted from Jan 27 to Feb 4 by an unknown person who introduced himself as an officer from a local bank and informed that the victim has to pay a processing fee in order to receive the actual amount.
“The victim made six fund transfers to three bank accounts to enable the remittance and return processes.
“After all the payments were made, the victim was once again asked to make a transfer. She later realised she had been cheated and lodged a police report on Saturday (Feb 12).
Meanwhile, Zulkipli urged the public to be vigilant and not fall to the trap of scammers.
